Police encourage others with information to come forward

By Bill Hand, Sun Journal Staff

Published: Friday, June 14, 2013 at 07:34 PM.

TRENTON — Jones County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a former New Bern High School teacher Friday evening on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as the result of a May 9 incident at his home, according to Capt. Justin Eimer.

Frank Dolan of 194 Creek Road, New Bern, was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two counts of giving malt beverage to minors. While the charges are misdemeanors, Sheriff’s investigator Brian Pacilli said that the investigation is ongoing and that the office is looking for other people to come forward with information on the situation.

According to reports, a student’s grandfather arrived at Dolan’s house May 9 and found his grandson naked below the waist. The student’s parents then called in the sheriff’s office. Dolan was suspended with pay by New Bern High School and his contract was not renewed.

According to Pacilli, the sheriff’s office has received a number of complaints that Dolan, “has students constantly over at his house, at all hours of the night.” Complaints, he said, “were getting were unreal, like a Hollywood script. Not something you’d expect in a rural county.”

While youth were alleged to have engaged in illegal activity, Pacilli says the office has no intention of filing charges against any of them.

“This is an adult allowing children to be corrupt,” he said. “I’m not going to punish a child because a role model wants to take them down the dark path.”

Dolan, in his role as a faculty advisor at the school, oversaw the Junior Civitans’ polar plunge in 2012 at the BridgePointe Hotel and Marina, which raised money for Wounded Warriors. He has been the high school sponsor for Junior Civitans since 2010.

TRENTON — Jones County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a former New Bern High School teacher Friday evening on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor as the result of a May 9 incident at his home, according to Capt. Justin Eimer.

Frank Dolan of 194 Creek Road, New Bern, was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and two counts of giving malt beverage to minors. While the charges are misdemeanors, Sheriff’s investigator Brian Pacilli said that the investigation is ongoing and that the office is looking for other people to come forward with information on the situation.

According to reports, a student’s grandfather arrived at Dolan’s house May 9 and found his grandson naked below the waist. The student’s parents then called in the sheriff’s office. Dolan was suspended with pay by New Bern High School and his contract was not renewed.

According to Pacilli, the sheriff’s office has received a number of complaints that Dolan, “has students constantly over at his house, at all hours of the night.” Complaints, he said, “were getting were unreal, like a Hollywood script. Not something you’d expect in a rural county.”

While youth were alleged to have engaged in illegal activity, Pacilli says the office has no intention of filing charges against any of them.

“This is an adult allowing children to be corrupt,” he said. “I’m not going to punish a child because a role model wants to take them down the dark path.”

Dolan, in his role as a faculty advisor at the school, oversaw the Junior Civitans’ polar plunge in 2012 at the BridgePointe Hotel and Marina, which raised money for Wounded Warriors. He has been the high school sponsor for Junior Civitans since 2010.

Dolan is in the custody of the Jones County Jail in lieu of $6,000 bail.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call Investigator Pacilli or the sheriff’s office at 252-448-7091.